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Huh, I didn't even know they started selling public land. Last I had heard, the federal government tried to give back land to the states, but the states didn't
by DelTaco 9y ago
Huh, I didn't even know they started selling public land. Last I had heard, the federal government tried to give back land to the states, but the states didn't accept. The reason being that the federal government was paying the states to preserve the land as if the states were making money off of it. So the states didn't want their free income gone.
- mason240 9y agoThey haven't started selling. This is in response to the failed attempt you mentioned for federal government to give control of the land to the states. However, that was a bill in Congress that withdrawn after a very bipartisan outcry. This issue has brought together hunters, sportsmen, and snowmobilers on the right with environmentalists on the left. The concern is that once the states have control, they will simply sell off most of it (as the article show precedent for).